SDO spacecraft
Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a spacecraft laboratory, orbiting the Earth and pointing its instruments to the Sun. Its mission is to understand the causes of solar variability and its impacts on Earth.
SDO combined products
Latest combined product composite images from SDO AIA and HMI instruments.
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- AIA 211, 193, 171 Composite:
Highlights different parts of the corona.
512 | 512 L | 1024 | 1024 L | 2048 | 2048 L - AIA 304, 211, 171 Composite:
Highlights quite different temperatures.
512 | 512 L | 1024 | 1024 L | 2048 | 2048 L - AIA 094, 335, 193 Composite:
Highlights different temperatures.
512 | 512 L | 1024 | 1024 L | 2048 | 2048 L - AIA 171, HMI Mag Composite:
Corona, upper transition region and magnetic field directions.
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AIA images
Latest images of the Sun from SDO AIA instrument:
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- AIA 193 (193 Å / Fe XII / 1.25m K):
Corona and hot flare plasma
512 | 512 L | 1024 | 1024 L | 2048 | 2048 L - AIA 171 (171 Å / Fe IX / 1m K):
Quiet corona and upper transition region
512 | 512 L | 1024 | 1024 L | 2048 | 2048 L - AIA 304 (304 Å / He II / 5k K):
Upper chromosphere and lower transition region
512 | 512 L | 1024 | 1024 L | 2048 | 2048 L - AIA 211 (211 Å / Fe XIV / 2m K):
Active regions of the corona
512 | 512 L | 1024 | 1024 L | 2048 | 2048 L - AIA 131 (131 Å / Fe VIII, Fe XXI / 10m K):
Flaring regions of the corona
512 | 512 L | 1024 | 1024 L | 2048 | 2048 L - AIA 335 (335 Å / Fe XVI / 2.8m K):
Active regions of the corona
512 | 512 L | 1024 | 1024 L | 2048 | 2048 L - AIA 094 (94 Å / Fe XVIII / 6m K):
Flaring regions of the corona
512 | 512 L | 1024 | 1024 L | 2048 | 2048 L - AIA 1600 (1600 Å / C IV, Cont / 6k K):
Transition region and upper photosphere
512 | 512 L | 1024 | 1024 L | 2048 | 2048 L - AIA 1700 (1700 Å / Cont / 6k K):
Temperature minimum and photosphere
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HMI images
Latest images of the Sun from SDO HMI instrument:
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Sources and credits
Images, data and information on this page courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Solar Dynamics Observatory (NASA/SDO) and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE), and Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) science teams, sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov